There is still much to be sorted out for Mike Scioscia and the Angels before the club opens the season in Seattle on Monday.
The rotation, however, is not one of them.
Scioscia announced his starting rotation Thursday for the first week of the season.
Jered Weaver will get the start for the Angels on Opening Day against the Seattle Mariners. Coverage begins Monday at 12:30 p.m. on FOX Sports West. For Weaver, it will be his seventh career start on Opening Day and sixth consecutive for the Angels.
To finish up the three-game series in the Pacific Northwest, it will be C.J. Wilson taking the mound Tuesday and Matt Shoemaker on Wednesday.
Hector Santiago has been pegged by Scioscia to start the home opener, one week from Friday, against the Royals.
With the team having an off day on Thursday, it's likely Weaver will start Saturday against the Royals -- a game that can be seen on FOX Sports 1 -- giving the Angels a four-man rotation to start the season.
"We're going to wait until we get there," Scioscia said of Weaver's potential start against the Royals. "But, I think that's what we're leaning towards. We're not going to make any decisions until we get to Sunday."
The Angels' skipper sees depth as a major coup for the club in 2015, and it's already being put to the test. The team will start the season with four players on the DL, including three pitchers -- Cory Rasmus, Tyler Skaggs and Garrett Richards.
Rasmus started six games for the team last season. Skaggs has been ruled out for all of 2015 after having his 2014 season cut short as a result of Tommy John surgery.
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Richards pitched 5.1 shutout innings Thursday, allowing six hits, one walk and struck out five in a minor league game.
With the rotation for the start of the season set, it still leaves the biggest question heading into spring training unanswered. Who will be the club's starting second baseman? The answer will, likely, be a game-time decision.
"We have not decided on a starting second baseman but we will have a starting lineup, probably, sometime Monday morning (in) Seattle," Scioscia said.
Johnny Giavotella is believed to be the favorite to win the position battle.
